Spatial patterns of mammal occurrence in forest strips surrounded by agricultural crops of the Chaco region, Argentina

MM Núñez-Regueiro, L Branch, RJ Fletcher Jr… - Biological …, 2015 - Elsevier
Deforestation is a major cause of biodiversity loss, and the predominant factor driving
deforestation is expansion of agriculture. A key step toward successful conservation in …

Deep learning on synthetic data enables the automatic identification of deficient forested windbreaks in the Paraguayan Chaco

J Kriese, T Hoeser, S Asam, P Kacic, E Da Ponte… - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
The Paraguayan Chaco is one of the most rapidly deforested areas in Latin America, mainly
due to cattle ranching. Continuously forested windbreaks between agricultural areas and …

Forest strips increase connectivity and modify forests' functioning in a deforestation hotspot

GHC Sans, SR Verón, JM Paruelo - Journal of Environmental Management, 2021 - Elsevier
Land use changes are occurring with unprecedented magnitude and intensity, imposing
global impacts on ecosystem services (ES) and biodiversity. While the impacts of land use …

Ecological and social consequences of the Forest Transition Theory as applied to the Argentinean Great Chaco

SD Matteucci, M Totino, P Arístide - Land use policy, 2016 - Elsevier
Forest transition is the change from net deforestation to net reforestation. According to the
Forest Transition Theory (FTT) in its original form, reforestation is triggered by the last stage …

Soybean biotic pollination and its relationship to linear forest fragments of subtropical dry Chaco

PV Zelaya, NP Chacoff, R Aragón… - Basic and Applied …, 2018 - Elsevier
The delivery of ecosystem services, such as biotic pollination is a benefit that nature
provides us. Pollinators increase the quantity, quality and stability of crops for food …

Forest fragmentation in the Argentine Chaco: recruitment and population patterns of dominant tree species

SA Torrella, R Ginzburg, L Galetto - Plant Ecology, 2015 - Springer
The forest in the Central Argentine Chaco has been dramatically fragmented and persists
only as isolated patches in an agricultural matrix. In this study, we evaluated the effects of …

Air quality loss in urban centers of the Argentinean Dry Chaco: Wind and dust control as two scientifically neglected ecosystem services

LV Sacchi, PA Powell, NI Gasparri, R Grau - Ecosystem Services, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The Dry Chaco is one of the most active agriculture frontiers, which imposes trade-
offs and synergies among ecosystem services (ES). Most studies analyze real or potential …

[HTML][HTML] Estructura espacial de remanentes de bosque nativo en el Chaco Seco y el Espinal

D Muñoz Garachana, R Aragón, G Baldi - Ecología austral, 2018 - SciELO Argentina
El vasto territorio del Chaco Seco y el Espinal se consolida como uno de los centros
globales de producción de granos y carne. Tanto por distintas normas legales y limitaciones …

Impacto de la ley nacional de bosques nativos sobre su conservación: Provincias de Chaco, Formosa, Salta y Santiago del Estero

R Ginzburg, S Torrella - Proyección. Estudios Geográficos y de …, 2022 - revistas.uncu.edu.ar
En los últimos 30 años se produjo en la región chaqueña una expansión agropecuaria muy
importante que transformó más de 6 millones de hectáreas de bosques nativos, proceso …

How do assemblages of epigeal Araneae and Coleoptera respond to changes in habitat structure caused by sugar cane crops in Northern Argentina?

H Macagno, A González-Reyes, J Corronca… - Neotropical …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT In Northwest Argentina, nothing is known about the relationship of Araneae and
Coleoptera with sugar cane crops. Using pitfall traps in three continuous native forest sites …